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Research & Resources
Pope Francis visits Poland at a tense time for relations between Europe’s Christians and Muslims
This article by Bridge Initiative Research Fellow Kristin Garrity Şekerci originally appeared in the London School of Economics and Political Science blog. Pope Francis has stated that the ‘world is at war’ following the series of recent terrorist attacks in France and Germany, including the murder of the Catholic priest Jacques Hamel on 26 July. Commenting on…
Lessons Learned from President Eisenhower’s Mosque Visit 59 Years Ago
Visits to American mosques by sitting U.S. Presidents are a big deal. Only three have ever done so. President Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first to visit a mosque on June 28th, 1957. This week marks the 59th anniversary of that visit to the Islamic Center of Washington. President George W. Bush visited, incidentally, the…
As Islamophobia Surges, Anti-Muslim Speakers Exploit Fears
As the election season has set into motion a flurry of anti-Muslim rhetoric, and set off an alarming number of anti-Muslim attacks, another consequence has surfaced in recent months in local boroughs across the United States: small anti-Muslim speaker circuits that thrive off of public anxieties and prey on unwitting citizens. In the decade-and-a-half since…